Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. All these great rights are reserved for the fantastic Rumiko Takahashi.
I smiled happily down at the boy in my lap. He was as regal looking as his father and as loving as his mother which filled my heart with happiness. He looked up at me with his big amber eyes and smiled. He was only about one year old and yet he looked so much older to me. He might have been a half breed, but hardly anyone could tell.
"Mother, can I go play with Shippo and Rin now?" he asked politely.
"Sure honey, go ahead." I smiled as he rushed over to the other kids in the garden. We had finally found peace and as I stared after my little boy I felt the completeness of life. I looked up as a figure appeared before me, a figure I'd come to know and love with all my heart.
"You shouldn't baby him so much love." He teased as he lifted me from my stop on the bench to place a soft and warm kill on my lips.
"I do not baby him," I said with a grin.
"Should we- give him a sibling?" He asked with amusement in his eyes.
"The last thing we need is a repeat of you and Inuyasha." I laughed at the twinge of annoyance that got. "I'm just kidding besides he's got Rin and Shippo."
"You'll reconsider." He said while nuzzling my neck gently. We both turned when we heard Rin complaining.
"Hey! That's no fair!" She said while searching a dark corner that was clearly empty.
"No it's not." I gasped when my little boys head appeared from the shadows.
"He got Mana's power from you?" Sesshomaru asked with awe in his voice.
"Shadowmaru- That's not exactly fair when you and I are the only ones here that can do that." I spoke up to him across the room. "I told you that it was a fitting name."I laughed when Shadowmaru smirked and then disappeared into the shadows only to appear in a different place moments later.
"He will be a formidable opponent one day." Sesshomaru looked back at me with an approving look.
"What's that look for?" I asked with curiosity.
"I was just marveling at my beautiful mate. I could not have found anyone more suitable." He brushed the hair from my forehead and then tipped my chin up to meet his lips.
"So when do you want to start procreating again?" I asked against his lips. He laughed and pulled me closer to him.
"My schedule is free for the rest of the day." He said playfully.
"Who will watch the kids?" I asked him in a motherly tone.
"I will my lady." I looked over and smiled at my best friend in the whole world who appeared from her place in the shadows.
"Thanks so much!" I said happily as I looked over at her.
"It is the least I can do." She said quietly. "He did revive me after all."
Mana. My best friend who had surely died before in the battle against Naraku. After all the fighting was over I brought Sesshomaru into the shadows just in time to bring Mana back from the dead. How could I let her die in my place?
"I'm glad you're back Mana!" I yelled over Sesshomaru's shoulder as he dragged me away from the scene of sun light and playing children. She smiled back at me and laughed at Sesshomaru's determination to get me to the bedroom.
So after all the fighting and all the bloodshed we had finally found peace. It turned out that the dangerous alliance I had once feared would tear me apart had actually made me whole. I looked up at the man who held me tenderly now and in his eyes I saw a beautiful forever. A forever of Sesshomaru.
The End...
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